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Star Power: The Impact of Social Media and Celebrity Endorsements on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Get PDFThis thesis investigates the role that social media and celebrity endorsements played in the 2024 presidential election. As social media becomes increasingly incorporated into the everyday lives of American citizens and celebrity endorsements become more common on the campaign trail, understanding their changing impact in the context of a modern landscape has become important. I utilized a mixed methods approach to analyze the social media strategies of both the Harris and Trump campaigns, as well as how each candidate leveraged celebrity endorsements. The findings suggest that both campaigns prioritized similar content on their respective X pages and that the engagement per post is more important than the number of times the candidates posted in a given campaign cycle. Additionally, the effectiveness of celebrity endorsements is dependent on how it is utilized by the campaign. These findings highlight that developing effective social media techniques matters while campaigning in American presidential elections
My Leadership Story
Get PDFThis presentation explores my leadership journey, intertwining personal experiences with key leadership theories. Using the metaphor of a river, I illustrate how pivotal moments—such as committing to play Division 1 lacrosse, overcoming an ACL injury, and winning a championship—have shaped my resilience, adaptability, and ability to support others. The most profound challenge, losing my father during my senior year, further solidified my understanding of leadership as a process of perseverance and empathy.
Throughout this course, I have deepened my understanding of leadership by engaging with theories such as Peter G. Northouse’s definition of leadership as an influence process and insights from the film 12 O’Clock High, which revealed the balance between empathy and decisiveness. Through class exercises like the Everest simulation, I recognized that leadership is not just about taking charge but also about listening, adapting, and uniting people toward a common goal.
Additionally, my immunity map reflection revealed the need to balance ambition with self-care, a realization that directly connects to my leadership growth. I now understand that setting boundaries and trusting myself are essential for leading with confidence. The image of a tree represents my leadership journey—constantly evolving, with strong roots of experience and knowledge.
Ultimately, my leadership philosophy centers on resilience, empathy, and growth. To continue developing as a leader, I must trust myself more, prioritize my well-being, and embrace leadership as a lifelong learning process
Looking to Mother Ireland: The Exploration of Femininity in Nuala Ní Dhomnhaill’s Cathleen
Get PDFThis paper discusses the word choice, symbolism, and historical significance of Nuala Ní Dhomnhaill\u27s poem, Cathleen. It examines how the poem challenges traditional Irish portrayals of women, depicting them not as emotional, helpless beings, but as strong, independent individuals with a grounded sense of self. The analysis also reflects on how the poem can fit into the Irish tradition, particularly through the invocation of the name Cathleen Ní Houlihan, Mother Ireland
Pursuing CRISPR-Cas9 as a Future Treatment for Duchenne\u27s Muscular Dystrophy
Get PDFDuchenne’s muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular degenerative disorder that causes skeletal muscle degeneration in young boys and continues until the succumb cardiac to cardiac or respiratory failure around 30 years of age. DMD is caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene that leads to no transcription and translation of the dystrophin protein, an important cytoskeletal protein that stabilizes the muscle fibers during contractions. The two current treatments for this disease are steroid treatments to slow down the muscle degeneration and morpholino antisense oligomers that attempt to restore the dystrophin protein in the muscle fibers but is normally not successful. CRISPR-Cas9 is being heavily researched as a potential treatment for DMD. This review aims to argue if CRISPR-Cas9 gene therapy is ready to be implemented in clinical practice to treat children and young adults with DMD. The current challenges that will be discussed with this treatment are the risk of dystrophin restoration being non-uniform and not significant enough to regenerate muscle fibers, off-target editing, and an immune response to the Cas9 enzyme. Some positive outlooks for CRISPR-Cas9 as a potential gene therapy are that there are other studies that demonstrate regeneration of muscle fibers in the heart and diaphragm, making delivery more efficient and safer by altering either the bacteria bound to the Cas9 enzyme, the delivery system, or the genome of the model organism so it best matches the human genome. Although there is a lot of potential for CRISPR to become a novel treatment for DMD, there is not enough research to support CRISPR-Cas9 moving forward in clinical research, as the risks and challenges associated with the gene therapy are still too high
To Follow The Rule Or Not To Follow The Rue, That Is The Question
Get PDFThis paper explores the ethical dilemma of whether it is more ethical to obey the law or to resist laws that are morally questionable. To examine this issue, I draw a parallel between two historical and contemporary examples: Nazi officers during World War II who implemented genocidal policies, and modern-day ICE officers involved in the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants. By analyzing the motivations, mindsets, and personal responsibility of individuals who enforce state policies, this essay questions the moral agency of those who just follow orders. It considers the psychological and ethical consequences of such actions, and challenges readers to reflect on the boundaries between duty, law, and moral responsibility
Implementing a Validated Screening Tool for Intimate Partner Violence in a Women’s Primary Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Project
No full textBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health crisis, disproportionately affecting individuals identifying as women, with lifelong physical and psychological consequences. Despite recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for routine IPV screening, many primary care settings lack standardized tools to perform this screening. The Modern Woman Health and Wellness Center (MWHWC), a women’s only primary care clinic in Connecticut, identified the need for a validated screening tool to increase detection of IPV, improve patient outcomes and align with national screening guidelines.
Objective: This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to implement the HARK (Humiliation, Afraid, Rape, Kick) tool to enhance IPV identification, ensure timely referrals, and integrate screening into existing clinical workflows.
Methods: Guided by the Model for Improvement and Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles, the HARK tool was introduced over a 12-week period. The tool was used during all annual gynecological and primary care appointments. Staff training, workflow integration, and EHR documentation were emphasized while surveys were used to assess staff perception. Process measures included staff education and screening adherence, while outcome measures included tracking screening rates, positive results, and follow-up actions.
Results: Of 272 eligible visits, 188 (69.12%) patients were screened using HARK, with 13 (6.91%) positive screens. Positive cases received referrals to in-house therapists or external resources. Staff surveys indicated high comfort (100%) and confidence (100%) in using HARK, with seamless workflow integration. Screening rates peaked at 85.37% during one of the implementation months, indicating strong adherence. However, the clinic’s transition to a new EHR system during the implementation period adversely impacted adherence, contributing to a decline in screening rates.
Discussion: The HARK tool is feasible and effective for use in a primary care setting, enhancing early identification and support for affected patients. Sustainability plans include integrating the screening into the EHR, incorporating training on the screening workflow into new hire onboarding, and data-based reminders in huddles. This project underscores the importance of standardized IPV screening to improve patient safety and align with national guidelines. Although the target of 90% compliance was not reached, positive trends in staff engagement and patient outcomes support the scalability and sustainability of the intervention
Who Gets to Belong in College? An Empirical Review of How Institutions Can Assess and Expand Opportunities for Belonging on Campus
No full textOver a dozen rigorous randomized-controlled trials show that recognizing worries about belonging in a new school as normal and as improving with time can help students stay engaged, build relationships, and succeed. Such “social-belonging” interventions can help students take advantage of opportunities available to them to develop their belonging in college—yet what is the institutional role? Drawing on past literature, and reporting novel data from the College Transition Collaborative’s massive trial of the social-belonging intervention (N = 15,143 control-condition students in 374 “local-identity” groups across 22 representative colleges and universities; Walton et al., 2023), we explore who gets to belong in college and what institutional leaders can do to expand these opportunities. First, we find that opportunities for belonging (i.e., “belonging affordances”) vary widely, both across institutions and systematically across groups. Notably, Black, Asian, and first-generation college student groups are each less likely than other groups to have minimally adequate opportunities for belonging. Second, all institutions are serving some student groups well, but all can improve: none provides adequate belonging affordances for all groups. Third, four classes of institutional factors predict belonging affordances at the identity-group level: (1) greater in-group representation, (2) more inclusive cultures, (3) greater opportunities for strong relationships, and (4) greater opportunities for productive learning. We conclude by discussing how institutions can learn for whom they are creating opportunities for belonging and for whom they are not, and how institutions can expand opportunities for belonging for groups that are not yet well served
Burnout and Turnover Among Program Directors in ACEND-Accredited Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Programs
No full textBackground: Knowledge about program director burnout in ACEND-accredited registered dietitian nutritionist programs is severely limited. Objective: To measure the changes in program director burnout and turnover over a two-year period. Methods: An online questionnaire was distributed to program directors via e-mail in 2021 and 2023. The validated Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey (MBI-ES) was used to measure burnout, which had three scales: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Demographic and program information was also obtained. Results: Over the two-year period, program directors scores for emotional exhaustion (p \u3c 0.001) and depersonalization (p \u3c 0.001) significantly worsened. Interestingly, personal accomplishment scores significantly improved (p \u3c 0.001) during the same time frame. Sixty-six percent of program directors in 2023 reported consideration for leaving their position in the next 5 years, which increased from 58%. Since 2021, 29.9% Didactic Program in Dietetics directors, 28.8% Dietetic Internship directors, and 37.5% Coordinated Program in Dietetics directors have resigned. Conclusion: Program directors show increased signs of burnout. Efforts are needed to investigate ways to support program directors to reduce burnout and increase retention of program directors